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DE-181 Straub
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cannon - 1943/06/07
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., NEwark, N.J.
1943/09/19 1943/10/25 1974?
target
Namesake: ACRM Walter Dean Straub, VB-5 x Midway ??? KIA ???
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 31/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/08/14       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/08/14 45/08/24     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/08/27 45/09/04     escort s/s Wisconsin from San Diego to P.H.   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1973/08/01 struck from Navy List
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